<p>The pass percentage in the Central Board of Secondary Education Class X has dipped nationally by about 5% since last year, while it has remained almost the same in the Chennai region.<br /><br />The Chennai region, which includes Karnataka, ranks second among the CBSE’s 10 regions, with a pass percentage of 99.62 as against 99.69 in 2016.<br /><br />Of the 1,78,468 students who appeared for the exams in the region, 1,77,784 cleared them.In Bengaluru, a large number of students scored a 10-point cumulative grade point average (CGPA), with several schools showing 100% passes.At the Kendriya Vidyalaya, DRDO, 60 of 178 students got 10 CGPA. Of 207 students from Sri Kumaran Children’s Home, 47 scored similarly. <br /><br />In DPS (North), 119 students of 398 got the perfect score, while in DPS (East), 135 of 316 students got similar scores. <br /><br />Param Milind Agarwal, a student of KV DRDO, is among the many who got 10 CGPA. “I was confident. I just made sure I was consistent and revised my lessons on time,” he said. But he was worried about admission to Class XI since the results were delayed. <br /><br />Kajal Jain of Siddaganga Public School, who also scored 10 CGPA, said, “My teachers told me I could call them even at midnight if I had any doubts,” she said.<br /></p>
<p>The pass percentage in the Central Board of Secondary Education Class X has dipped nationally by about 5% since last year, while it has remained almost the same in the Chennai region.<br /><br />The Chennai region, which includes Karnataka, ranks second among the CBSE’s 10 regions, with a pass percentage of 99.62 as against 99.69 in 2016.<br /><br />Of the 1,78,468 students who appeared for the exams in the region, 1,77,784 cleared them.In Bengaluru, a large number of students scored a 10-point cumulative grade point average (CGPA), with several schools showing 100% passes.At the Kendriya Vidyalaya, DRDO, 60 of 178 students got 10 CGPA. Of 207 students from Sri Kumaran Children’s Home, 47 scored similarly. <br /><br />In DPS (North), 119 students of 398 got the perfect score, while in DPS (East), 135 of 316 students got similar scores. <br /><br />Param Milind Agarwal, a student of KV DRDO, is among the many who got 10 CGPA. “I was confident. I just made sure I was consistent and revised my lessons on time,” he said. But he was worried about admission to Class XI since the results were delayed. <br /><br />Kajal Jain of Siddaganga Public School, who also scored 10 CGPA, said, “My teachers told me I could call them even at midnight if I had any doubts,” she said.<br /></p>
